Russia

​India and Russia Will Unveil A Energy Co-operation Agreement to Reduce India's Dependence on Traditional Fuel Suppliers

The framework, to be inked at the Modi-Putin summit, aims for an alternate route for oil, gas and coal from the Russian far east, an area marked out by both nat…

Oil & Gas Trade

Gazprom Conceded for Decline in European Gas Exports, Prices

Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom on Thursday conceded for the first time that its gas exports to Europe, as well as its prices, will decline in 2019 foll…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia's Floating Nuclear PowerPlant Heads for Final Destination

Akademik Lomonosov, which Rosatom describes as the world's first floating nuclear power plant and the world's northernmost nuclear power installation, today set…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Insists 2-Reactor Unit is Safe as Tests are Planned in the Arctic

On Friday, three tugs will tow the Akademik Lomonosov barge out of Murmansk to begin a 5,000km voyage to a remote port on the other side of Russia’s Arctic coa…

Crude

BP and Glencore are Struggling to Sell Around Tainted Russian Oil

BP and Glencore are struggling to sell around 600,000 tonnes of tainted Russian oil more than three months after the contamination was discovered, according to …

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom has Formally Submitted a Bid to Take Part in the Construction of NPP

Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, has formally submitted a bid to take part in the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in …

Shale Gas

Russian Giant Gazprom Saw the Highest Production Growth

Russian giant Gazprom saw the highest production growth over the last five years, followed by shale gas players in the US and China, while BP dominates among th…

Rosatom

Rosatom Postpones Fast Neutron Reactor Programme

Rosenergoatom is expected to receive about RUB280 billion (USD4 billion) less in state funding for the construction of new nuclear reactors in Russia owing to t…

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia to Leapfrog Saudi in Wealth League as Oil Power Shifts

For the first time in eight years, the Bank of Russia’s total stockpile of cash, gold and other securities is about to surpass Saudi Arabia’s, highlighting th…

JSC Atomenergoprom (AEP)

JSC Atomenergoprom (full name — Joint Stock Company Atomic Energy Power Corporation, short name — AEP) is a Russian state vertical integrated company, which w…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom To launch The World's First Floating Nuclear Plant in the Arctic Ocean

Russian state nuclear company Rosatom is prepared to launch the world’s first floating nuclear plant in the Arctic Ocean, which it describes as being ‘based o…

Wind Farm

Russia Boosts 2024 Onshore Volume Over 182MW

Russia has increased the volume of new wind capacity planned for 2024 to over 182MW from just under 73MW previously, according to Russian wind industry associat…

Nuclear Power Plant

US Wants to Bypass Russia and China to Help Saudis Create Civil Nuclear Programme

Saudi Arabia, which seeks to expand its energy portfolio, has been engaged in talks with Washington over a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement that would al…

Nuclear Fuel

Very Small Quantities of Ruthenium-106 were Detected in Several European Countries

A used fuel reprocessing plant in the southern Urals region of Russia is the most likely source of a release of the isotope ruthenium-106 detected across Europe…

Nuclear Fuel

Russia and China Sign a Supply Contract for New Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant

TVEL, the nuclear fuel manufacturer subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has signed a supply contract for units 7 and 8 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's…